DU1713c Seminář: od Konstantina po Giotta

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (lecturer)
Adrien Palladino, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course is a block-lecture which will be given from 3–7 April, and will comprise excursions (Znojmo, Klosterneuburg, Vienna) as well as lectures in class. The aim is to serve as an introduction to the 12th-century art and architecture by cross-examining the local traditions and those of the broader European and Mediterranean space.
Learning outcomes
Develop knowledge about the transitional period of the 12th century both in local monuments and within a globalizing perspective
Be able to recognize iconography, stylistic, and transmediatic interactions in a variety of objects and monuments
Develop skills in the preparation of structured oral presentations on complex topics
Develop academic skill in the redaction of a scholarly paper at the end of the lecture
Syllabus
  • Historiography: the Invention of the "Romanesque"
  • Pilgrimage churches
  • Palermo: "exporting" Romanesque in the 12th century?
  • Cloister of Monreale: a meeting of workshops and traditions
  • The Rotunda of St. Catherine in Znojmo: cult of the Premyslids or cultural crossroads
  • The liturgical space and images of the church of San Clemente in Rome
  • Late Antique Revival, St. Trophime in Arles
  • St. Nicholas of Verdun and the ambo of Klosterneuburg
Teaching methods
oral presentation in situ; paper
Assessment methods
Evaluation of oral and written presentations
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
The course is a block-lecture which will be given from 3–7 April, and will comprise excursions (Znojmo, Klosterneuburg, Vienna) as well as lectures in class. The aim is to serve as an introduction to the 12th-century art and architecture by cross-examining the local traditions and those of the broader European and Mediterranean space.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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